Meta Davis Cumberbatch
Meta Davis Cumberbatch | |
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| Born | Meta Davis 4 May 1900 |
| Died | 29 December 1978 (aged 78) |
| Education | Trinity Girls School Bishop Anstey High School |
| Alma mater | Royal Academy of Music |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist, composer, poet, playwright and cultural activist |
| Children | Zoë Maynard |
| Relatives | Kathleen Davis (sister) Allyson Maynard Gibson (granddaughter) |
Meta Davis Cumberbatch MBE (4 May 1900 – 29 December 1978) was a Trinidad-born pianist, composer, poet, playwright and cultural activist, who spent the majority of her life in The Bahamas, where she used her talents to enhance the country's cultural development, becoming known as the "Mother of the Arts". At the 2014 Independence anniversary celebrations in Nassau she was honoured as a Bahamian "Cultural Warrior".